"Welcome to the Family" is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. It was released on October 19, 2010, as the second single from their studio album Nightmare. It is the band's second single released without former drummer The Rev, who died on December 28, 2009. In Avenged Sevenfold's "making of" series on YouTube, In the Studio, lead singer M. Shadows and bassist Johnny Christ say that The Rev wrote most of the song and Shadows finished it when they started to record the album. The song is available as DLC in the video game Rock Band 3, and also plays at random during races in the video game Asphalt Legends Unite.
Contents
Track listing
"Welcome to the Family" – 4:06
"4:00 A.M." – 4:58
"Seize the Day" (live in Seattle) – 5:37
Personnel
Avenged Sevenfold
M. Shadows – lead vocals
Zacky Vengeance – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
The Rev – songwriting, drum arrangement (tracks 1 and 2), drums and backing vocals (track 3)
Synyster Gates – lead guitar, backing vocals
Johnny Christ – bass, backing vocals
Additional musicians
Mike Portnoy – drums (tracks 1 and 2)
Production
Mike Elizondo – producer
Andy Wallace – mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering
Cam Rackam – paintings and portraits